Definitions for tithe

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Spelling: [tahyth]
IPA: /taɪð/

Tithe is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 30 anagrams from letters in tithe (ehitt).

Definitions for tithe

noun

  1. Sometimes, tithes. the tenth part of agricultural produce or personal income set apart as an offering to God or for works of mercy, or the same amount regarded as an obligation or tax for the support of the church, priesthood, or the like.
  2. any tax, levy, or the like, especially of one-tenth.
  3. a tenth part or any indefinitely small part of anything.

verb (used with object)

  1. to give or pay a tithe or tenth of (produce, money, etc.).
  2. to give or pay tithes on (crops, income, etc.).
  3. to exact a tithe from (a person, community, parish, etc.).
  4. to levy a tithe on (crops, income, etc.).

verb (used without object)

  1. to give or pay a tithe.

Origin of tithe

before 900; (noun) Middle English ti(ghe)the, Old English teogotha tenth; (v.) Middle English tithen, Old English teogothian to take the tenth of, derivative of the

Examples for tithe

They volunteer at shelters and tithe their earnings—not nearly enough.

But we cannot enumerate a tithe of the masterpieces of the British Encyclopædia.

But the parson knows Juan, and proceeds to examine his tithe.

The heron, the cat, and the bramble bought the tithe of a certain parish.

I was bewildered enough by this speech, not a tithe of which could I understand.

Surely, no more than he found—nay, not a tithe of that he found.

In all his life the adventurer had never been possessed of a tithe of this amount.

“Much of its wealth comes from the fervent devotion of members, who tithe faithfully,” wrote Jenkins.

Yet it was barely a tithe of the sudden burden he had to bear.

He left because he no longer could afford to tithe to the church, and was thus deemed “unworthy.”

Word Value for tithe
Scrable

8

Words with friends

7

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